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No. 228,096. Patented May 25.1880.

N PETEHS, PHOTO-LITHGGRIPNER. WASHINGTON, Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO MILLIKEN, O'BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BUTTON.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,096, dated May25, 1880.

Application filed April 12, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Be it known thatl, ALONZO MILLIKEN, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

Buttons have been made with two holes at the back part at an inclinationto each other, so as to pass into a central hole or recess at the front;but this central hole is necessarily large and objectionable inappearance, especially with ornamental dress-buttons.

Buttons have also been made with a shank, through a hole in which thethreads are passed. These Shanks, however, cause the button to projectfrom the dress. Metal and cloth covered buttons have been made in twoparts, and thin pieces of pearl and other ornamental scales have beenattached to the surfaces of buttons by cement.

My invention relates to a button made in two parts, the ornamental frontpiece of which has a small central hole and the back piece a largecentral hole, in combination with a bar introduced between the two partsof the button before they are cemented together. By this constructionthe button can be sewed on with great facility by passing the needle andthread first at one side of the bar and then at the other, and the holein the ornamental scale or surface is only large enough to pass suchneedle, and hence is almost invisible, and the bar forming the shankdoes not project from the back of the button, and hence such button liesiat against the fabric.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is asection ofthe button complete, but inlarger size. Fig. 2 is the back of the button in face View and section.Fig. 3 is the front of the button, in face view and section, in'aboutfull size; and Fig. 4 is the shank, in side view and face view, inenlarged size.

The back .a has a central hole, b, and the middle part is made thickerby preference. The face o of the button is of any desired ornamentalcharacter, and has the small central hole, cl.

The shank e is preferably of metal bent into the shape shown, and theends of the shank are received into recesses either in the back a or therear part of the button-face c, lor both. I have, however, representedthe recesses for the ends of the shank as in the back a.

The central bow portion of the shank stands backwardly within the holeb. The parts a and o are cemented together by any suitable adhesivematerial, and the button is Vto be sewed to the dress fabric, as beforeindicated.

I claim as Iny invention- The combination,in a button, of a back, a,with a central opening, the front part, c, of the button, having a smallcentral hole, and the shank e, applied in a recess between the two partsa and o of the button, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 6th day of April, A. D. 1880.

Witnesses: ALONZO MILLIKEN.

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, W. H. FINcKEL.

